an 4 (Reuters) – Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, as workers cleared tons of contaminated sand and earth on either side…
https://gcaptain.com/russia-declares-emergency-after-black-sea-oil-spill/
MOSCOW, Dec 20 (Reuters) – A vessel called Gam Express has sent a distress signal in the Kerch strait, Russia’s Southern Transport Prosecutor’s Office said on Friday. “The Southern Transport Prosecutor’s Office controls the…
https://gcaptain.com/vessel-in-kerch-strait-sends-distress-signal/
A Russian oil tanker carrying thousands of tonnes of oil products split apart during a heavy storm on Sunday, spilling oil into the Kerch Strait, while another tanker was also in distress after sustaining damage, Russian officials said.
https://gcaptain.com/oil-spills-into-kerch-strait-after-russian-tanker-breaks-apart-in-storm/
By Olena Harmash (Reuters) – A Ukrainian sea drone full of explosives struck a Russian fuel tanker overnight near a bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea, the second attack in 24 hours, both sides said on…
https://gcaptain.com/naval-drone-hits-russian-military-tanker/
By Max Hunder and Jonathan Landay (Reuters) – Russian divers were to examine on Sunday the damage from a powerful blast on a road-and-rail bridge to Crimea that is an…
By Max Hunder and Jonathan Landay (Reuters) – A powerful truck explosion seriously damaged Russia’s road-and-rail bridge to Crimea on Saturday, hitting a prestige symbol of Moscow’s annexation of the peninsula and the key…
https://gcaptain.com/explosion-cripples-kerch-strait-bridge/
A solider with the Ukrainian Mechanized Company, 92nd Mechanized Brigade drills during the Combined Resolve XVI (CBR XVI) exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, Dec. 10, 2021. US Army Photo
The West must be ready to send air defense systems and anti-ship missiles to Kyiv while preparing to slap harsher sanctions on Moscow to deter the Kremlin’s bullying of Ukraine, five experts in European security said this week.
Alexander Vershbow, a former NATO...
Sgt. 1st Class Richard Winterfeld, company-level training advisor, observes Armed Forces of Ukraine troops conducting movement down a road at Combat Training Center-Yavoriv, Ukraine, March 30, 2021. U.S. Army Photo
While the current build-up of Russian forces near Ukraine rivals the 2014 annexation of Crimea – when Russia openly backed separatists trying to sever ties to Kyiv – the United States’ top commander in Europe today described the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine in the coming...
https://news.usni.org/2021/04/15/eucom-commander-russia-not-likely-to-invade-ukraine-soon
Members of the Ukrainian navy train aboard a retired U.S. Coast Guard Island-class cutter that was transferred to Ukraine. Ukraine navy photo.
Two former Coast Guard Island-class cutters arrived in Odessa, Ukraine, on Monday, as part of a program to beef up Ukraine’s navy with retired U.S. vessels.
The two cutters, renamed by Ukraine Slavyansk (P190) and Starobilsk (P191), are the first in a planned deal to send four Island-class hulls to Ukraine, as part of U.S. program sending excess military...
ITLOS orders Russia to release three Ukrainian naval vessels and 24 servicemen on board.